Qualcomm's MediaFlo technology

In the rush to do value addition to mobile services and increase Average Revenue per User (ARPU). The CDMA major has developed a new technology for wireless media delivery named MediaFlo.

MediaFlo will compete with implementations like digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H), digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB), TDtv (based on TD-CDMA technology from [IPWireless]), 1seg (based on Japan's ISDB-T) for the standard .

The MediaFLO media distribution system (MDS) enables an efficient delivery of high-quality network-scheduled video content for mobile subscribers. The MDS seamlessly handles multiple content streams from multiple sources, and plays them on client software in the most popular video and audio formats, because MDS is air-interface independent and can be deployed on any IP packet data network or 3G wireless networks as and when it is operational.

With the MDS, network operators control the kind of content and the time to send it. Content is delivered in the background and encrypted on the handset until users select what to watch based on the program schedule. The least time-sensitive content can be sent at very low load times, leaving only the most time-sensitive content for delivery when the network is being used mostly for voice and data services. This intelligent delivery method gives operators management control to cost-effectively provide a high-value wireless multimedia solution to subscribers, while effectively shaping the utilization of their network.

Panasonic SDHC 32GB Class 6

Panasonic announced that it will be releasing the world's first 32 Gigabyte (GB) SD High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card with Class 6 speed specification in april this year. The new SDHC Memory Card, is perfect for needs of HD content.

It can record up to 12 hours of High Definition video. It is ideal for AVCHD High Definition video recording, a growing demand of High Definition SD Camcorders which have been in the market recently. With the Class 6 speed specification and maximum data transfer speeds up to 20MB/s, the 32GB card allows users to enjoy superb performance and high-quality recording.

Retail market price of this card will be $699 with usable memory capacity of about 30,979 MB.

Some stats about

High definition movie recording time(AVCHD)
 HA  1920 x 1080 (60i/24p) (17Mbps)      Approx. 4 hr
 HG  1920 x 1080i (13Mbps)               Approx. 5 hr 20 min.
 HX  1920 x 1080i  (9Mbps)               Approx. 8 hr
 HE  1440 x 1080i  (6Mbps)               Approx. 12 hr
   When recorded with HDC-SD9
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Still images recordable
(10Megapixels, 3648x2736, Normal mode)    Approx. 12,320
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Data Transfer Rate                        Up to 20MB/s

Firefox 3.0 Beta 3

Update for beta of Firefox 3.0 is now available for download. The updates known as Beta 3 are available for more than 30 languages. Download it here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html.

Along with the bug fixes it has following new features and fixes:

• Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security including support for Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager.
• Improved ease of use through: easier add-on discovery and installation, improved download manager search and progress indication in the status bar, resumable downloading, full page zoom, and better integration with Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux.
• Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart bookmark folders, location bar that uses an algorithm based on site visit recency and frequency (called “frecency”) to provide better matches against your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
• Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, JavaScript 1.8, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
• Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 350 memory leak fixes, a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks, and reductions in the memory footprint.